Special moments in the games

Lyo & Merly in Auckland

The end of games. Here are some of the special moments:

Singapore Primary School boy Low Wei Jie's feat of running 15km in the rain along the YOG torch route got Singaporeans talking about the games.

A girl from South Korea and another from North Korea explored the Games village together, a reminder of sport's ability to transcend boundaries.

Haiti's gusty footballers negotitated their way to a silver after losing their first game 0-9, bringing cheer to a country recovering from January's devastating earthquake.

New Zealand's Sam Shaw, the cross-country cycling athlete was 11th and heading into the last lap when one of his pedals jammed. So he picked up his bike and ran most of the 3.1km of the last lap.

Wide-eyed, shorts-wearing Liberian swimmers who had only swum in rivers - dived into a pool for the first time.

Volunteers for Youth Olympic Games. Twenty-one members of the YOG organising committee workforce were hit by food poisoning over the weekend. But they continued with their duties despite the discomfort.

my mouse pad.. reminds me of the wonderful games. Other than sport, the Youth Olympic Games had a culture and education component, where athletes participate and learn more from one another.

The YOG has deepened our sports culture. I believe more youths will take up sports in the future.

Goodbye Singapore, and see you at Nanjing 2014.

YOG football: Singapore beat Montenegro 4 - 1 and wins the bronze

The candid photo taking after scoring the 4th goal.
Photo: SPH-SYOGOC/Seyu Tzyy Wei

The Singapore boys had won the match and clinched the well deserved bronze medal in the YOG football match. The match was telecast live at 6 pm local time. This will go down as one of the most amazing match for Singapore football.

Singapore scored the 1st goal in the 6 minutes, however the joy was shortlived, 2 minutes later, Singapore captain suffered a bad cut on his face from the elbow of a Montenegro player, he had to be replaced. And within 2 minutes Montenegro equalised to make it 1-1.

Singapore's captain, Jeffrey Lightfoot bleeds profusely, after colliding with Montenegro's Lazar Lalosevic (right in white).
The match was won in blood, sweat and tears.
Photo: SPH-SYOGOC/Seyu Tzyy Wei

The match ended 1-1 at half time.

In the second half Singapore scored 3 goals to win the match. Hanafi scored the 2nd goal from a cross, a penalty taken by Midfielder Ammirul Mazlan made it 3-1. Hanafi's scored again in the 65th-minute freekick into the Montenegro net to make it 4-1.

The team line up before the match against Zimbabwe. Such colourful boots.

A great day indeed. This young football team has great potential in the future, I guess we will be following the team closely. Today we are so proud of them.


Bolivia won the gold medal after thrashing Haiti 5-0 in the final match. The Bolivians played with 10 men after Rodrigo Mejido was given a red card in the first half for throwing an elbow.

YOG Soccer Singapore 0 Haiti 2

The matched ended with Haiti winning the game. Haiti now faces Bolivia in the finals.

A Singapore player was send off for a tackle in the last minute and Haiti scored from the penatly spot. 3 minutes before half time, Haiti scored to lead 1-0, a school mistake from goalkeeper Fashah Rosedin. Anyway, all the players are 15 years old, this will be part of a learning curve for their future football career.

The Singapore boys played well, however it was just not their day. I think Singapore was the better team. The boys will now play for a bronze medal. Hopefully, they can pick themselves up and give their best shot in the final game, afterall there is a medal to play for.

Congratulation to Haiti, my earlier prediction was wrong. This win will bring happiness to their country.

Singapore Youth Olympic Singapore Vs Haiti Football

The tickets are snapped up pretty fast, and it will be a full house tomorrow. Lucky there will be a live telecast for the semi-final match Singapore vs Haiti, at 8:40pm Singapore time.

Bolivia thrashed Haiti 9-0 in the Youth Olympic Games boys' football tournament at Jalan Besar Stadium on 16 Aug. The local fans cheered for the Haiti boys when they came back to beat Vanuatu 2-1 in their last group match.

Hit by a 7-magnitude earthquake in January this year, which killed an estimated 300,000 people, made 1.6 million people homeless and left their country's capital Port au Prince, in ruins, Haiti were a late replacement for Cuba the YOG football competition. Singapore welcomes the brave Haiti athletes, they hope to rebuild their country by giving a good performance and bring smiles to their countrymen. Results doesn't matter, by travelling all the way here (hard to get funding) and taking part is already an amazing achievement.

My prediction is a win for Singapore.